For the water cooler: Partners to dissolve litigation boutique after 35-year run instead of signing new lease; Appeals court chides judge who asked if domestic violence victim and defendant ‘get it on’; Twitter Sends James Woods a Scathing Letter Over Attempt to Unmask Anonymous User; Demonstrators Can’t Use Supreme Court’s Outdoor Plaza, Appeals Court Says; ‘Sister Wives’ Polygamists Cite Gay Marriage Ruling in Court Fights; Alleged ‘office creeper’ charged in law firm burglary and other thefts; More Bad News For Biglaw Associates?; Referee: Disbar all 3 lawyers who ‘maliciously’ set up opposing trial counsel for DUI arrest;; Which SCOTUS justices crib the most from briefs?; Former Dole general counsel and CEO found liable for $148M for undervalued buyout; Lawyer Reprimanded For Being A Concerned Friend; Stat of The Week: NFL Criminality Hugely Exaggerated; AP Sues FBI Over Impersonating An AP Reporter With A Fake AP Story & Is Your Office Temperature Sexist?

For the water cooler: Paul Hastings to put junior lawyers in cubicles in NYC office, but they will at least have windows; Former TV judge goes to jail: Contempt term went from 1 day to 5 days as Joe Brown kept talking; Judge orders mom to repay son for keeping $5K bar mitzvah gift from grandmaLaw Students/Lawyers -; 5 Best Halloween Costumes; The Ninth Circuit Hearts John Oliver – HBO Comedian Cited In Decision; Just How Accurate Are Am Law’s Rankings?; Defendant overpowers bailiff, fatally shoots himself with bailiff’s gun in courthouse elevator; Can cop have 0INK as his vanity plate? Top state court mulls First Amendment case; 6th Circuit nixes stay for clerk appealing federal court order requiring her to perform marriages; Porn emails cited by Pennsylvania AG are unsealed; she says senders ‘manufactured’ case against her; Prosecution says improper Dewey adjustments boosted revenue by 10 percent, assets by 1,000 percent; StarKist settlement offers a bonanza for tuna lovers: $25 refund or $50 in tuna & The Future Of Law And Technology: An Interview With Bloomberg BNA’s David Perla.

For the water cooler: Chicken sandwich can’t be copyrighted, federal appeals court rules; How does the NFL’s Roger Goodell stay in power? By acting like a dictator.; Do Supreme Court Decisions Move Markets?; 9th Circuit says lack of staff doesn’t justify 5-point shackling of inmates in federal court; How Are Lawyers Managing Their Law School Debt? Most Will Never Be Able To Pay It Off; Lawyer’s husband pleads guilty in scheme to bilk the BigLaw firms where she worked; Law Firms’ Grueling Hours Are Turning Defectors into Competitors; Appeals court upholds lawyers’ fees over drinks on Southwest; Lawyer is suspended for his response to Internet criticism; Law Schools Need To Lie More About The Market; Despite strict voter ID laws, Alabama is in the process of closing 45 of 49 driver’s license offices; Lawsuit calls keyless ignition system a deadly defect in millions of vehicles & 3rd Circuit rejects NJ’s attempt to get around federal ban on sports betting.

For the water cooler: Lawyer buys and mans fire truck to help protect neighbors threatened by wildfires; What It’s Like to Be a Lawyer Who Hates Lawyers; Law Grad Drowning In Debt Tries To Sell Law Degree On Craigslist; Judge has public defender handcuffed, but gives him a break at contempt hearing; Which T14 Law School Officially Has The Best Sense Of Humor?; Is This Racist? State Bar Can’t Tell If This Is Racist.; The Weirdest Law in Every State in America; Indiana county clerk banned from courthouse in dispute with judges; Why It Now Costs So Much to Renounce Your Citizenship; Police increasingly using stingray cellphone tracking technology to solve routine crimes; Witness attacks defendant in open court; see video of the altercation; Obituary: Please Donate To Tom Brady’s Ballghazi Defense; Man kills guard at federal building then commits suicide; may be linked to wrongful-termination suit; ACLU seeks contact from Amazon workers after NY Times article describes demanding job environment; Alaska’s first law school is satellite Seattle U campus & Target agrees to $2.8 million settlement of discrimination claim.

For the water cooler: Divorce Lawyers Will Make It Rain Thanks To Ashley Madison Hack; Lawyers Banned From Unhappiest Place On Earth; Retired judge faces felony charges over alleged lies to judicial watchdog; Baylor’s Investigation Of Sam Ukwuachu Was Shameful; Florida Bar recommends disbarment for three Adams & Diaco lawyers guilty of DUI setup; Federal Jury Deliberates On Value of Michael Jordan’s Name; Are Topless Panhandlers Covered by the First Amendment?; Kansas Senator: Terrorists Could Infiltrate Fort Leavenworth By … Submarine?; No Law Firm Is An Island: Work With The Right Non-Lawyer Businesses; Stat Of The Week: Law School Graduate Debt Soars; Best Summer Associate Event Contest (2015): The Finalists; 4 Thoughts About Closing The Diversity Gap In The Legal Profession; Leaving toddler in car isn’t necessarily child neglect, state supreme court says; Your Job, Your Career, or You: When to Quit & Student suspended for posting rap song loses appeal; court sees blurred lines in Internet age.

For the water cooler: Who Are The Lawyers, Law Profs, And Judges That Were Revealed In The Ashley Madison Hack?; Divorce lawyers expect surge in clients after hackers dump data from Ashley Madison dating; Wachtell Lipton Goes ‘Big Brother’ On Its Lawyers; Associates Challenge Biglaw Management — We Have The Memo!; A Delicious Judicial Diva: Donald Trump’s Older Sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry; Disbarment sought for 3 lawyers who ‘maliciously’ set up opposing counsel for midtrial DUI arrest; Copyright Case Asks: What is a Cheerleading Uniform?; After NLRB loss, attorney for would-be Northwestern football union points to lawsuit against NCAA; Found not guilty, murder defendant wins only a mistrial after jury is polled; Wrong man arrested on ‘troubling’ reality TV show has no civil rights case, 7th Circuit rules; Judge who helped smoking buddy get out of jail in domestic violence case is reprimanded & Widow who says her husband was worked to death is entitled to death benefits, court says.

For the water cooler: 7th Circuit says court erred by upholding prison’s refusal to allow inmate and former guard to marry; Mayor declares local Wal-Mart a public nuisance; Selling Drugs Not A Great Way For Lawyers To Supplement Their Income; Judge who hit sheriff’s patrol vehicle in courthouse parking lot agrees to 90-day unpaid suspension; Unconscious bias, exclusion from networks lead to dearth of minority law firm partners, prof says; Lawyer gets home confinement for insider trading based on golfer’s tips; A New Trend Among Supreme Court Clerks?; Airport Security Seizes Three-Year-Old’s Fart Gun Toy; Lawyer tells jurors the man he shot was a ‘methed-out lunatic’; Lawyer arrested in alleged murder plot wants to represent client going to trial this week; Police brutality cases are said to be a ‘cottage industry’ for plaintiffs lawyers; Who Owns Your Email? An Interview With Brad Smith, General Counsel Of Microsoft & Court Set To Decide Fate of Class Action Lawsuit Against DraftKings.

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